Distance education offers flexibility, especially for working professionals, who want to study further for career advancement without the constraint to location and time. A degree or diploma certification in law can be acquired through distance education.

There are many colleges in India which offer law distance education. Some are national universities while some are private universities. Here is a list of some recognized national as well as private universities offering distance education in law.

• Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Delhi,
• Annamalai University (Tamil Nadu)
• National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore,
• The Dr. Ambedkar Law University (TN),
• Kakatiya University (Warangal),
• Kurukshetra University (Haryana),
• Madurai Kamraj University (Madurai),
• Mahatma Gandhi University (Kottayam),
• SNDT Women’s University (Mumbai) etc

Many of these universities listed above offer two year courses, diploma course as well as short course of three months. There are various areas of specialization which you can choose while selecting your course.
These specializations in law are :

• Civic Law,
• Criminal Law,
• Administration,
• Cyber Laws and Intellectual Property Rights (copyright, Patents, trademark, design),
• Trade Law,
• Business Law,
• Medical law and Ethics,
• Human Rights Law,
• Environmental Law,

• Women and Law,
• Consumer Protection Law,
• Local Self-Government Law,
• Labor Law,
• Technology law,
• Securities law,
• ADR (Alternative dispute resolution).

Exams for Law distance education are conducted at respective campuses. The exams in a lot of cases are usually held for six days, out of which 5 days are theory papers, 1 paper a day. On the 6^th day viva’s are conducted for all the 5 subjects. Many colleges also have entrance exams for law distance education.